Telangana: Four booked for smuggling 290 quintals PDS rice worth Rs 15 lakh from Hyderabad to Madhya Pradesh

Four people were booked for allegedly smuggling rice meant for Public Distribution System (PDS) from Hyderabad to Madhya Pradesh in a truck on NH-44, at Bhoraj village in Jainath mandal on Friday.

Police seized 290 quintals of rice worth Rs 15 lakh and the truck from them. Superintendent of Police Gaush Alam said a case was registered against truck driver Tahir, truck owner Md Nazeem and traders Naganath and Shafi.

Tahir was caught when he was transporting the rice in the truck at a bus stand on NH-44.

Alam commended Adilabad DSP Jeevan Reddy, Jainath Inspector Sainath and Sub-Inspector Purushottam for intercepting the truck and seizing the rice.

This article has been republished from The Telangana Today.